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Survey: Houston, Dallas Worst Cities for Towing HasslesHouston and Dallas rank number one and two on the list of U.S. cities with the most hostile towing markets for consumers, and Texas is the state most in need of pro-consumer towing reforms, according to a national towing survey …POSTED MARCH 20, 2018 12:29 AM

Wisconsin Study: Helmets Reduce Neck Injuries in Motorcycle CrashesA study of University of Wisconsin Hospital trauma patients found that motorcyclists who don’t wear helmets are twice as likely to suffer neck injuries in crashes compared to those who use helmets. The study looked at more than 1,000 patients …POSTED MARCH 20, 2018 12:21 AM

Bussard Promoted to Underwriter at Arlington/Roe in OhioJennifer Bussard has been promoted to commercial lines underwriter at the Ohio office of managing general agency and wholesale insurance broker Arlington/Roe. Bussard is a graduate of Franklin University and holds the Associate in Insurance Services (AIS), Associate in General …POSTED MARCH 20, 2018 12:18 AM

Title Insurer Amrock’s Lawsuit Backfires to Tune of $706MAn affiliate of mortgage-lending firm Quicken Loans Inc. filed a fraud suit to back out of a software deal with a housing data-analytics firm, serving the complaint at a trade show in front of the startup’s customers and calling the …POSTED MARCH 19, 2018 4:05 PM

State Commissioners Assist Puerto Rico Insurance DepartmentThe National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) says that since January, 10 state insurance departments have sent more than 20 regulators and NAIC has sent staff to support the office of Puerto Rico’s insurance commissioner. Puerto Rico has been recovering …POSTED MARCH 19, 2018 4:02 PM

Spinner Joins Creative Risk Solutions in Des MoinesJohn Spinner as joined the Creative Risk Solutions (CRS) team as an assistant vice president in Des Moines, Iowa. CRS is a subsidiary of Holmes Murphy & Associates. Spinner will lead the client services team at CRS, where he will …POSTED MARCH 19, 2018 4:01 PM

FAA Grounds ‘Doors-Off’ Helicopter Tours After New York CrashFederal aviation regulators are grounding “doors-off” helicopter tour flights in which passengers are tethered to the aircraft as a result of the March 11 crash in New York that killed five people. The Federal Aviation Administration is taking immediate actions …POSTED MARCH 19, 2018 3:44 PM

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